June 2007

New Blog Domain

Some of you may have noticed that I’ve moved my blog to it’s own domain. It’s still in the loving arms of WordPress but now enjoys its own name and space. All existing links to the old domain should still work and you should be transferred invisibly to here when you click on them. But [...]

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Trading ATCs

Since my post about Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) I’ve had a few questions from people who are interested is making them and are wondering how to trade them. Well ideally Trading Sessions are conducted by groups around the world where creative people can get together, meet each other, enjoy each other’s work and chat. But [...]

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Words to Live by

There is no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make the tragic moments bearable. Rufus Wainwright

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Fabric Artistry

Let me state up front that the Sewing Machine and I have never been friends. But a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I used to make embroidery and cross-stitch pictures (still have them dotted about my house). And although I don’t work with needles any more, I truly admire the [...]

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The Smile on my Dial

“What’s put a smile on your dial?” is the question asked by Kelly from Little Bits of my World. Well given that I’m a firm believer that Humour is the best survival tool I own, I tend to have a smile on my dial whenever I’m interacting with anyone. But I do have something special [...]

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Trackbacks and Pingbacks

I’ve been looking at Trackbacks and Pingbacks lately to get a better handle on what they are and how to use them. There seem to be a number of explanations around defining the difference between them, but frankly for all practical purposes I can’t see that understanding the difference means much. So this post will [...]

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Congratulations to All Who Took Up the Challenge

Back on May 14th I put out a challenge to all my scrapbooking readers to post a layout about themselves on their blog by the end of the month and link back to here. The objective was to encourage some ‘book of me’ type introspection (after all you’re just as important a scrapping subject as [...]

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Thinking Blogger Award

Many thanks to Martha from Krashin Through for awarding me the Thinking Blogger Award. I am sincerely flattered because it is awarded to blogs that inspire or make you think. So it’s a huge complement to receive it as far as I am concerned. I will be passing the award on to five blogs which [...]

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